Rituparna Basu

Rituparna Basu is an American writer and professional speaker, who currently serves as an analyst at the Ayn Rand Institute, a non-profit organization in Irvine, California, that promotes the novels of Ayn Rand and her philosophy of Objectivism.

Education

Rituparna Basu studied from 2007 to 2010 at the Schreyer Honors College of Pennsylvania State University, graduating with distinction with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. She was the President of the Penn State Objectivist Club.

She has native proficiency in Hindi and Bengali, in addition to English.

Career

After having graduated from the Ayn Rand Institute's Objectivist Academic Center, Rituparna Basu joined the ARI as an analyst in January 2011, a position that she continues to hold.

Basu specializes in the application of Ayn Rand's ethics of rational egoism to public policy, in particular health-care policy and government regulations more generally.[1]

Basu has appeared often on television, such as on The Rick Amato Show on One America News Network,[2] Sun News Network,[3] and PJTV.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Also she has appeared on NPR radio,[1] and has written for Forbes.com,[12][13] The Daily Caller,[14][15] Townhall.com,[16] and the Pacific Research Institute.[17] She has given talks to university audiences, such as at the University of Toronto.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rituparna Basu". Ayn Rand Institute. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ The Rick Amato Show (September 10, 2014). "Amato with Rituparna Basu pt1". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Canada's diseased healthcare system". Sun News Network. March 4, 2014. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ PJ Media (September 7, 2012). "The Old is New Again: DNC Pushes Voters for Four More Years". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ PJ Media (September 8, 2012). "Simple Question: Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ PJ Media (September 10, 2012). "Economy in Decline? Competitiveness of US Economy Drops for Fourth Year". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ PJ Media (October 15, 2012). "Outbreak of Regulation! Meningitis Outbreak Could Lead to Fewer, More Expensive Drugs". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  8. ↑ PJ Media (October 15, 2012). "OH NO, JOE: Biden-Ryan Debate No Laughing Matter When it Comes to Future of our Country". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ PJ Media (November 5, 2012). "PJTV-- Driving the Bailout Message: The Truth Behind the Auto Rescue". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  10. ↑ PJ Media (December 28, 2012). "PJTV: Nutty Professor Asks Grads to Stop Repaying Loans". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  11. ↑ PJ Media (January 4, 2013). "PJTV: Fiscal Cliff Drama Results in More Debt, More Taxes and More Spending". YouTube. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ Basu, Rituparna (August 21, 2013). "Obamacare Is Really, Really Bad For You, Especially If You're Young". Forbes. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  13. ↑ Basu, Rituparna (January 22, 2014). "Obamacare Is Suffocating An Already Sick Health Insurance Patient". Forbes. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  14. ↑ Basu, Rituparna (November 26, 2012). "It's time to unplug Medicare's third rail". The Daily Caller. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  15. ↑ Basu, Rituparna; Brook, Yaron (January 23, 2014). "Obamacare creates a new class of free riders". The Daily Caller. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  16. ↑ Basu, Rituparna (November 13, 2012). "I'll Buy My Own Contraception, Thanks". Townhall.com. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  17. ↑ Basu, Rituparna (2013). "The Broken State of American Health Insurance Prior to the Affordable Care Act: A Market Rife with Government Distortion" (PDF). Pacific Research Institute. Ayn Rand Institute / Pacific Research Institute. Retrieved October 12, 2014.
  18. ↑ "The Disease Killing Canadian Health Care". Freedom Party of Ontario. Retrieved October 12, 2014.


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